Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1eaab6efd67cb5e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.2 KB Created: 2021-07-17 02:09:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2fd58a602e986e3053cec00c8c5ec9a3 SHA-1: efd17c7a63aabdaf2a864b9543701d470c5fbec1 SHA-256: 1eaab6efd67cb5e3be6bc39e92ccc01457bbed4715101c477b5a0e941989be32
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for further actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://bem-sa.com/img/file/xapovedigixekuzeruroz.pdf
    • https://www.mii.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/207942b23952bc7474cc895f4cd5fa4e/74007063311.pdf
    • http://www.vegagastro.pl/upload/file/47030754781.pdf
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160826160f0f15---jubarisidex.pdf
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3911379d59---94459777436.pdf
    • http://hertzlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/pafabowupikuvodifa.pdf
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079320c5f80c---33235429423.pdf
    • https://lacecinella.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/rimumudururimeselosoduz.pdf
    • http://asea-admin.com/_userfiles/file/20210604083708.pdf
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d07731791---fejodesos.pdf
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3323b0b902---rizefudikilixutulivuzuw.pdf
    • https://shared401k.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72e9cd7b839a46245d13ca7526970422/43043564315.pdf
    • http://www.evisiontiendaonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wonuzukev.pdf
    • http://4grd.com/cmsimages/file/dapukurodatopaw.pdf
    • https://systematix.pl/userfiles/file/29565037483.pdf
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c884bc1f064---97439350452.pdf
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ktuqtjs0l9ckoea635uprih2rj/60740152673.pdf
    • http://maasmartcity.com/userfiles/file/juzonaxudibekek.pdf
    • http://ahrestygz.com/userfiles/files/20210621_004350.pdf
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef36071843e4a4ac2378ccc9e997a57a/35463772807.pdf
    • https://legouic-peinture.fr/userfiles/file/51139848048.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=resolution+history+definition
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010326.bin
51245dbfad33f006f19d72b0fd7cb20d912c72445328b774fbfe3a59451e82bf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10326 17156 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012fca.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FCA 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000147e1.bin
29c9deec93d26f7999fb31fe06d9576a0e5b9f21264d8e77be6feca9bb5bc866
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x147E1 10548 bytes